A 16-year-old girl from India has died after twice being the victim of a brutal gang rape and attack, police say. <br /><br />The teenager was raped two times in October and later allegedly burnt by the families of her attackers in December.<br /><br />The incident has sparked huge public outcry, with members of India’s Communist Party protesting outside the West Bengal Provincial Government.<br /><br />Brinda Karat, Chief of All India Women’s Democratic Association pointed the finger at local government for failing to act: “This girl would have been among us today if the West Bengal administration had exercised the law properly. Where is the law? A girl was gang-raped twice and still they’re unable to punish the accused. Why?”<br /><br />The girl’s death echoes that of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist who died from her injuries after being gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi a year ago. That incident cast a negative international spotlight on India’s attitude towards violence against women.
